Persico To Appear At Jackson Center

    One of several community events sponsored by the Robert H. Jackson Center is the Monday, June 12 appearance of Joseph Persico at the center, 305 E. Fourth St., Jamestown.

    Copies of Persico’s book, Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial, are available to the community at a reduced cost and can be read before Persico’s appearance. He will speak free of charge at 12:30 p.m. June 12. Persico’s book is the basis for the TNT movie, Nuremberg, starring Alec Baldwin as Justice Robert H. Jackson, chief American prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trial of top Nazi leaders.

    Barbi Price, Jamestown High School teacher, is helping organize a ‘‘community read’’ of the book as volunteer coordinator of the project.

    “Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial is said to be a fairly accurate portrayal of Jackson at Nuremberg,’’ Mrs. Price said. ‘‘It is written in a straight-forward, easy-to-read style. The principal characters of the trial are developed and brought to life in a fascinating way. The book is appropriate for high school and adult readers.’’

    The books are available at the Jackson Center for $5.42. The Center is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Arrangements to buy the book at other times may be made by calling the center at 483-6646.

The Post-Journal

Monday, May 29, 2006

Vol. 179, No. 342

Section C, Page 6

Author To Make Stop At Jackson Center

One of several community events sponsored by the Robert H. Jackson Center is the Monday, June 12 appearance of Joseph Persico at the center, 305 E. Fourth St., Jamestown.

Copies of Persico’s book, Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial, are available to the community at a reduced cost and can be read before Persico’s appearance. He will speak free of charge at 12:30 p.m. Persico’s book is the basis for the TNT movie, Nuremberg, starring Alec Baldwin as Justice Robert H. Jackson, chief American prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trial of top Nazi leaders.

Barbi Price, Jamestown High School teacher, is helping organize a ‘‘community read’’ of the book as volunteer coordinator of the project.

Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial is said to be a fairly accurate portrayal of Jackson at Nuremberg,’’ Mrs. Price said. ‘‘It is written in a straight-forward, easy-to-read style. The principal characters of the trial are developed and brought to life in a fascinating way. The book is appropriate for high school and adult readers.’’

The books are available at the Jackson Center for $5.42. The Center is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Arrangements to buy the book at other times may be made by calling the center at 483-6646.

The New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, is giving the Jackson Center money to help pay for Persico’s appearance.

Persico began his political writing career serving New York Govs. Averill Harriman and Nelson A. Rockefeller. He went on to Washington as chief speechwriter for Rockefeller when he was tapped as vice president under President Gerald Ford.

Persico is well known for his historical books, including Colin Powell’s autobiography, My American Journey. He has written extensively about Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nazi Germany, World War II, World War I, the CIA and the Roosevelt family. A graduate from the State University of New York at Albany, he received his bachelors and doctoral degrees from that institution and lives in the Albany area.

Matching funds to the New York Council for the Humanities grant have been made to the Jackson Center by the Holmberg Foundation, the Robert S. Maytum, Sr./Valley of Jamestown A.A.S.R. Fund of the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation and Harris Beach Attorneys. Additional matching gifts have been made by the DFT Communications Community Betterment Fund of the Northern Chautauqua

Community Foundation, Evans-Alfies Restaurant Inc., Robowash, Summit Financial Advisors LLC, Century 21 Turner Brokers and the Rhoe B. Henderson Insurance Agency.

Carol Bremmer, former Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corporation grants writer, worked on the grant with Jackson Center staff under a CHRIC program designed to assist non-profit organizations.

‘‘Carol Bremmer and CHRIC donated much time to the Jackson Center through her grants writing help,’’ said Becky Irwin Robbins, Jackson Center development director. ‘‘We are indebted to Carol and CHRIC for this very special assistance in obtaining our first New York Council for the Humanities grant.’’

The Post-Journal

Friday, June 2, 2006

Vol. 179, No. 346

Section C, Page 1

History Professors Will Take Part In Event Monday At Jackson Center

    Two history professors will participate as panelists as part of Joseph E. Persico’s 12:30 p.m. appearance Monday at the Robert H. Jackson Center.

    The event is free and open to the public and will be held in the Carl Cappa Auditorium of the Jackson Center. The program is handicapped accessible from the center’s Prendergast Avenue entrance.

    Persico’s book was used as the basis of the TNT movie Nuremberg, starring Alec Baldwin as Robert H. Jackson. Persico is the Holmberg Foundation Lecturer. His appearance is co-sponsored by the Holmberg Foundation, the Robert S. Maytum Sr./Valley of Jamestown A.A.S.R. Fund of the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, Harris Beach Attorneys, the DFT Communications Community Betterment Fund of the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation, Evans-Alfies Restaurant Inc., Robowash, Summit Financial Advisors LLC, Century 21Turner Brokers and the Rhoe B. Henderson Insurance Agency.

    The New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has granted money to assist with the program. Co-sponsors helped match the New York Council for the Humanities grant.

    Following Persico’s speech, professors Dr. Don K. Rowney of Bowling Green State University and Dr. Robert Seddig of Allegheny College will pose questions to Persico. Audience members also will have the opportunity to speak with Persico.

    ‘‘We are delighted that the professors who have worked with the Jackson Center in different capacities previously are willing to participate as panelists in this program,’’ said Gregory L. Peterson, Jackson Center president. ‘‘Their participation assures an objective look at Chief American Prosecutor and ‘hometown guy’.’’

    Copies of Mr. Persico’s book, Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial, will be available for $5.42. Copies may be purchased at the Jackson Center in advance by calling 483-6646.

    Rowney is the Policy History graduate program director at Bowling Green State University. A Fulbright scholar, Rowney has held many scholar-in-residencies in various Russian and French institutions of higher learning in Moscow and Paris. He received a Ford Foundation research grant, a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, a Cornell University visiting professorship and a research fellowship with the USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of the History of the USSR. He has edited and written several books and articles. He organized and co-sponsored with the Robert H. Jackson Center 60th anniversary commemorative programs of the Nuremberg Trials at Bowling Green this spring.

    Seddig is the chair of the political science department of Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa. A graduate of Princeton University, where he earned his masters and doctoral degrees, Seddig studied German, government and economics in undergraduate work at Carleton College. Seddig has served as both a University and a Resident Fellow at Princeton and as a National Science Foundation Summer Fellow. He received a lifetime appointment as a Danforth Fellow in 1971 and was an American Bar Foundation Fellow in Legal History.

    He is has authored and edited numerous books and articles. Seddig participates in Jackson Center programs by bringing students to the Jackson Center for programs.

    ‘‘Joe Persico is an author of many historical books, including the Nuremberg book, several World War II books and Colin Powell’s My American Journey,’’ said Rolland Kidder, Jackson Center executive director. ‘‘He promises to be a fascinating speaker.’’

    The Jackson Center is located at 305 E. Fourth St., Jamestown. For more information, visit the center’s Web site at www.roberthjackson.org.

The Post-Journal

Saturday, June 9, 2006

Vol. 179, No. 354

Section A, Page 8